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  1. surreyhoop

    surreyhoop Well-Known Member

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    Afc Ajax ?
     
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    That was quick Surrey! All yours
     
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    "I need you", he said after chuckling (5,9)
     
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    Country needs you...
     
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    Barry Kitchener - ?
     
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    That's the one..! Your go Steels
     
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    Is this where the holy man resides? 8, 4
     
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    Kristian Kirk ?
     
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    I've no idea who that is!!!!!
     
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    Nor me - but he sounded as if he might fit the bill ! <laugh><laugh><laugh>
     
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    More clues please? Religious connotations, place of worship, anagram.....?

    Unfortunately Vatican City does not fit?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team


    The Vatican's stance on football

    The first football game played in the Vatican, in the Cortile del Belvedere, was in the presence of Pope Leo X on 7 January 1521. The first Vatican league was created in 1973 and was first won by employees of L'Osservatore Romano, the newspaper of the Holy See.[14]

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    Albert II, Prince of Monaco greeting team in June 2013

    The Vatican has typically expressed strong support for football. Pope John Paul II was reportedly a goalkeeper in his youth in Poland, and an ardent supporter of Cracovia Kraków.[15] The former German pope Pope Benedict XVI is an ardent supporter of FC Bayern München since his youth growing up in Bavaria, Germany.[16] Pope Benedict XVI is quoted as saying, "The sport of football can be a vehicle of education for the values of honesty, solidarity and fraternity, especially for the younger generation."[15] In October 2007, the Pope was presented with a #16 shirt (for Pope Benedict XVI) by A.C. Ancona of the Italian Serie B after Pope Benedict XVI supported their initiative to become a "beacon of morality" by adopting an "innovative, ethical model of practising football".[15] In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican reaffirmed their belief that football should be a beacon of morality by lashing out at Serie A after matches for the upcoming season were scheduled at 12:30pm on Sundays to appease pay-per-view companies wishing to spread out Serie A matches over the weekend. The Vatican previously questioned the league's decision to play matches on Sundays at all, but "I consider this a truly harmful development," Monsignor Carlo Mazza told Tuttosport. "Putting people in front of the television screen at 12.30 CET , when they are having lunch with their families, to me seems like a 'pitch invasion' on life."[17] Additionally, on 18 December 2006, Tarcisio Bertone, Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See, stated, but only in jest, that he did not preclude the possibility that the Vatican, in the future, could put together a football team of great value, that could play on the same level as, Roma, Internazionale and Milan or Genoa,[18][19] the current Argentinian pope, Pope Francis is an ardent fan of hometown Argentine FC San Lorenzo,[20] and exhibited disappointment when Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup final against Germany.[21]


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    Vatican City 0–0 San Marino B
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    (Rome, Italy; 22 November 1994)
    Biggest win
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    Vatican City 5–1 Sportverein Vollmond
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    (Rome, Italy; 3 February 2006)
    Biggest defeat
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    Monaco 2–0 Vatican City
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    (Cap-d'Ail, France; 22 June 2013)
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    Vatican City 0–2 Monaco
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    (Rome, Italy; 10 May 2014)
     
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    Good guess! Definately to do with religion...and where a religious person could reside
     
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    Vicarage Road (Watford)

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    Thats the one - a lot closer to home than Vatican City <laugh> been a busy place today, Angella just signed for us too :emoticon-0148-yes::emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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    Vicarage road....?
     
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    Where this crowd plies their trade (4,4)?
     
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    I'm afraid I beat you to the punch.

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    No takers? Straight from the horses' mouth........
     
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    Home Park ?
     
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